Chapter 4

Chapter 4 You are one delicate squirrel," Sugar remarked. Tail was awake, but his eyes were wide, and his color was not good. "What would you call that particular shade of gray, Dirt?" asked Sugar. "We've got more important things to do here, Sugar," said Dirt. She studied the squirrel. "No, we don't," said Sugar. "You're probably right." Dirt put her sketchpad down and took out her big box of crayons. "It's a cross between timberwolf gray and manatee gray. It's definitely not regular gray. More like I-think-I-may-pass-out-again gray." "Why don't we call it 'Scaredy Squirrel Gray'?" said Sugar.

你真是一只娇嫩的松鼠。”糖说。 尾巴醒了，但他的眼睛睁得大大的，脸色也不好。 “你把这种特殊的灰色叫什么呢，土？”休格问。 “我们还有更重要的事情要做呢，甜心。” 她仔细研究了松鼠。“不，我们不知道，”糖说。 “你可能是对的。”污垢放下她的速写本，拿出她的大盒蜡笔。 “这是森林狼灰色和海牛灰色的杂交。 它绝对不是普通的灰色。 更像是我想我可能会再次昏倒的灰色。” “我们为什么不叫它‘胆小的松鼠灰’呢？”糖糖说。

"I like it," said Dirt. "Perfect," said Sugar. "Now, let's get back to business." "Is the dog gone?" asked Tail. His whole body twitched. "Is the dog GONE? IS THE DOG GONE?" "Listen, kid," said Sugar. "J. J. doesn't want to catch you. He is never going to catch you. If he wanted to catch you, he would have caught you already and tossed you over the fence, like an old sock. He just chases you for fun." "I don't believe you," said Tail.

“我喜欢。”泥土说。“太好了，”糖说。 “现在，让我们回到正题上来吧。” “狗走了吗？”尾巴问。 他全身抽搐。“狗走了吗？” 狗走了吗？”“听着，孩子，”糖说。 " jj不想抓到你。 他永远也抓不到你。 如果他想抓住你，他早就抓住你了，把你扔过篱笆，就像扔一只旧袜子一样。 他追你只是为了好玩。” “我不相信你。”尾巴说。

"Suit yourself," said Sugar. "No skin off my teeth if you spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder." "Was the big and scary thing a rhombus?" asked Dirt. Her sketchpad was in her hands again. "Tail here doesn't know a circle from a triangle, and you're going to start with a rhombus?" "Do you know what a rhombus is, Sugar?" asked Dirt. "No," said Sugar. "And I don't want to know." "A rhombus looks like this." Dirt drew a diamond on her sketchpad. "I am a brave squirrel," Tail repeated. "Brave squirrels are not afraid of diamonds!" "Okaaaay," said Dirt. "How about a triangle?" She did a quick sketch and showed it to Tail.

“随你便，”糖说。 “如果你下半辈子都在小心翼翼地过日子，我的牙也不会掉皮。” “那个又大又吓人的东西是菱形的吗？”泥土问。 她的速写本又拿在手里了。 “尾巴不知道圆和三角形，而你要从菱形开始？”“你知道菱形是什么吗，甜心？”泥土问。 “不，”糖说。“我也不想知道。” “菱形是这样的。” Dirt在她的速写本上画了一个钻石。 “我是一只勇敢的松鼠。”尾巴重复道。 “勇敢的松鼠不怕钻石！”“好吧。”泥土说。 “三角形怎么样？”她快速地画了一张草图给尾巴看。

"Could be," said Tail. "Maybe. I'm not sure." "Follow me, kid," said Sugar, walking back to the coop. "Hey, Sweetie," called Sugar. "Come on out here." Sweetie popped her head out of the shoe. She was eating a carrot. "Did the big and scary thing look like that?" asked Sugar. "Big and scary things are not shaped like carrots!" said Tail. "Not the carrot, kid," said Sugar. "Sweetie's got a weird triangle head. Did it look like that?" "No, definitely not," said the squirrel.

“有可能。”尾巴说。“也许。 我不确定。”“跟我来，孩子。”休格说着，朝鸡舍走去。 “嘿，亲爱的，”糖叫道。 “到这儿来吧。”小甜甜把头从鞋里探了出来。 她正在吃胡萝卜。“那个又大又吓人的东西长得像那样吗？”糖问道。 “又大又吓人的东西不像胡萝卜！”尾巴说。 “不是胡萝卜，孩子，”糖糖说。 “甜心有一个奇怪的三角形头。 是那样的吗？”“不，绝对不是，”松鼠说。

"This is going to take all day," said Sugar. "Maybe Tail here can go to squirrel kindergarten, learn some shapes, and then get back to us. Don't we have anything better to do?" "Not really," answered Dirt. She drew something else. "How about this?" The squirrel tried to scream, but fainted before he got it out of his mouth.

“这得花上一整天，”休格说。 “也许尾巴可以去松鼠幼儿园，学一些形状，然后回来找我们。 难道我们没有更好的事情可做吗？”“不完全是。”泥土回答。 她画了别的东西。“这个怎么样？”松鼠想尖叫，但还没从嘴里喊出来就昏过去了。